Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



vlINrri'in STATESPATENT FFIeia JoHN REICH, OPHILADELPHA, PENNSYLVANIA.

'IMPROVEMENT IN SOVFAsBEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,958, dated May 30, 1876 application filed V April 13, 1876.

b "Ulf To all 'whmitt .Ma'g/ concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN REICH, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sofa-Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understand, make, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- `Figure 1 is a side View ,of the sofa-bedste'ad embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a portion in line o: a7, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-l rests, in combination with fastenings for holding the parts eitherfolded and open, relatively to the needs of the sofa, or the bedstead into which the sofa may be converted.

Referring to the drawings, .A represents the frame of the sofa, and B the back hinged thereto. C represents the arm-rests, each of which consists ot' two parts, C C, hinged together, and one of the parts G is securedto the frame A, the hinged part O" being adapted to be opened outto form an extension or continuation of the fixed part C. To the parts C, at the end to which they are attached to the parts C', there are secured spring-catches D, which project rearward, and are adapted to engage with a rod, E, secured to the front face ofthe back B, at such points that when the back is in its normal position or upright, the catches D engage with the rods, and hold the back against the arms-rests, there being presented the appearance and advantages of a sofa. To the back there are p ivoted hooks .F,which are so located that their ends may will rise on the outside of the `hingedparts or engage with said parts, and thus prevent closing or foldingmotions of said hinged parts,

as will be hereafter stated.

The hooks will receive rotary. motions by means of crank-rods a a, the upper ones of which are connected to rotary buttons b, which are swiveled to the back B, and, be sides serving to operate thecrank-rods a and hooks F, they also act as guards for the rear of a sofa.

Within the lower portion of the frame A will be fitted a receptacle, Gr, for bed-clothing, Src., and which, when the sofapis converted int-o a bed, will support the back when lowered, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 1. l

The operation is as follows: When theesofa is to be converted into a b ed, the buttons b will be rotated, whereby the hooks Fwill be moved clear of the catches D. Then by pressing the back rearward,l the springs of the catches will be overcome, and the heads of the catches will disengage themselves from the rods E; The back is thus disconnected from the arm-rests, and it may be swung downward to full extent, so as to form a horizontal continuation of the seat of the sofa. Now, move around the hinged pieces G of the arm-rests so that they extend overI the lowered back B, and rotate the buttons l1, so that the hooks F rise on the outside of' the hinged pieces C, or engage therewith, whereby the latter areprevented from closing or folding against the fixed pieces C of the arn1- rests. It will be seen that the sofa is converted into a convenient and serviceable sofa- 1. Thohnged back Bandarmmests C,con hack, f substantially-os and :jfor the *purpose nectedby catchesD, iufoombinfation with ,tho -setforth locking-hooks F, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth. l l

2. The rotating guard-buttons b and vrotem# T1lVic-vnesses: ing hooks F, in combination with the fnstlA. P. GRANT, @ning-catches D of4 themnamestes, and hignged if-H. EiHINDMARSH.

JOHN REICH. 

